At 7:34 a.m. local time, the four-engine aircraft disappeared from radar screens, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) from its take off point, moments after it had reported a fire in one of its engine due to a fuel leakage.

The federal aviation agency deployed helicopter and search and rescue teams, but it struggled with the thick fog in the area of the crash. The aircraft was later found near a gold and silver mine in the Omsukcha district of Russia’s Magadan region.